Meghalaya Population - Census India 2011

Meghalaya is one of state in India with population of 29,66,889. There are 7 districts, 39 Taluks, 6,839 villages and 22 towns in Meghalaya.

As per the Census India 2011, Meghalaya has 5,48,059 households, population of 29,66,889 of which 14,91,832 are males and 14,75,057 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 5,68,536 which is 19.16% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Meghalaya state is around 989 compared to 943 which is national average of India. The literacy rate of Meghalaya state is 60.16% out of which 61.26% males are literate and 59.06% females are literate. The total area of Meghalaya is 22,429 sq.km with population density of 132 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 79.93% of population lives in Urban area and 20.07% lives in Rural area. There are 0.58% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 86.15% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Meghalaya.

Meghalaya Religion Population

Description

Population

Percentage

Total

29,66,889

100%

Christian

22,13,027

74.59%

Hindu

3,42,078

11.53%

Other religions and persuasions

2,58,271

8.71%

Muslim

1,30,399

4.4%

Buddhist

9,864

0.33%

Religion not stated

9,578

0.32%

Sikh

3,045

0.1%

Jain

627

0.02%

Meghalaya Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area